Stem-Cell Suit’s Chilling Effect on Labs Already a Win for Foes
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Sean Morrison earned a presidential award in 2003 from George W. Bush for his research on the underlying causes of Hirschsprung’s disease, a life-threatening intestinal illness in newborns. His quest for a treatment is now jeopardized by a judge’s ruling.
An Aug. 23 order by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth that halted federal funding for research using stem cells taken from embryos has Morrison, a 42-year-old University of Michigan scientist, concerned he won’t be able to support his lab’s discovery efforts. At Harvard University, researcher George Daley said newly minted scientists have told him they may abandon plans to train with him because of the judge’s order.